From: winstonmvp@gmail.com   
      
   T wrote on 1/24/2026 10:28 PM:   
   > On 1/22/26 11:01 PM, ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ wrote:   
   >> VanguardLH wrote on 1/22/2026 1:41 PM:   
   >>> T  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> T wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Anyone know how I can run   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>        "control panel\All Control Panel Items\Devices and   
   Printers"   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> from the command line?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> maybe   
   >>>>> explorer "shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A}"   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That is missing the tool bar at the top with add new etc.   
   >>>   
   >>> In Windows 10, when I run control.exe, click on "Devices and Printers",   
   >>> that dialog does not show a "New" button.  It does have "Add a device"   
   >>> and "Add a printer" buttons, or use the File menu to add devices or   
   >>> printers.  Maybe they changed the UI for the dialog in Windows 11.  When   
   >>> you navigate Control Panel (control.exe) to "Devices and Printers", you   
   >>> see a "New" button?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Different routes(to Devices and Printers in Win11) provide different   
   >> results.   
   >>   - Note: below I'm abbreviating 'Devices and Printers' term in the   
   >> comments about the linked picture as DevPrt   
   >>   -   
   >>   
   >> See linked pic.   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> - The left side pic is the result when accessing DevPrt via two routes   
   >> in Win11's. both routes(1 and 2) yield the same dialog box.   
   >>   1. Settings\Bluetooth and Devices\Devices\More devices and printer   
   >>   2. Control Panel shortcut\Bluetooth and Devices\Devices\More devices   
   >> and printers   
   >> - The right side pic is the result when accessing DevPrt in Win11 via   
   >> the earlier mentioned 'explorer shell' route.   
   >>   
   >> - The left side pic via (1 or 2) does not have the 'greyed out new'   
   >> icon but does have the usual options(Add device, Add printer)   
   >> - The right side pic via command.com (as admin) route has the 'New'   
   >> icon(which is inactive/greyed out).   
   >>   
   >> You'll also notices some other differences   
   >>   - the left side pic shows a square icon(More Options for sizing the   
   >> respective icons).   
   >>   - the right side pic shows more greyed-out icons, plus Sort,   
   >> View(same icon sizing items), and an ellipsis(3 dots) for a few File   
   >> Explorer-type features.   
   >>   
   >> You can make your own guesses on why the differences.   
   >>   - shell command vs. settings?   
   >>   - old code vs. newer code?   
   >>   - never intended to be the same via command vs Settings   
   >>   - more Win10/11 migration to Settings GUI   
   >>   - Hoodoo magic   
   >>   
   >   
   > OpenShell's "Devices and Printers" gets me the one I want.   
      
   If that works then fine(glad it gets you what you want)...but that wasn't   
   related to the differences in the two approaches I provided.   
     -i.e. those two methods with different results is just  'wiz-ee-wig'   
      
   Even Windows 7 old GUI did not have a 'New' option for Devices and   
   Printers(only Add Device, Add Printer) just like the optional control   
   panel-like GUI accessible in W10/W11.   
     - the 'New' button/icon that you see/saw is not a device 'add' option,   
   it's an Explorer option(and only present because Explorer was called via   
   a shell command in a command.com or powershell window) - only giving you   
   what it could give.   
      
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